L.A.
proved too much for the man
He couldn't make it
So he's leavin' a life
that he's come to know
He said he's goin'
Said he's goin' back to find
Oo what's left of his world
The world he left behind
not so long ago
He's leavin' yeah
on that midnight train
to Georgia
Said he's goin' back to find
To a simpler place and time
Oh yes he is
And I'll be with him
on that midnight train
to Georgia yeah
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
He kept dreamin'
Oo that someday he'd be a star
But he sure found out
the hard way
That dreams don't always
come true oh yes he did
So he pawned all his hopes
And he even sold his old car
Bought a one way ticket back
to the life he once knew
Oh yes he did
He said he would
Oh oh he's leavin' that
on that midnight train
to Georgia
Said he's goin' back to find
To a simpler place and time
Oh yes he is
And I'll be with him
on that midnight train
to Georgia
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'd rather live in his world
Than live without him in mine
Hey I'll find him
Oh oh
I've got to go
'Cause I've got to go
I've got to go
'Cause I've got to go
All aboard that midnight train
to Georgia yeah